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Detroit Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist was calm and composed in out-waiting Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford for a spectacular finish in the second period of Game 3 on Monday.

If patience is a virtue, Gustav Nyquist must be a man of high morals if Monday night is any indication.

The Red Wings forward was calm and composed in out-waiting Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford for a spectacular finish in Detroit's 3-1 win in Game 3.

At 7:49 of the second period, the 23-year-old took a flip pass in the neutral zone and eluded Chicago defenceman Brent Seabrook with a nifty inside-out deke as the blue-liner made a futile attempt to swipe at the puck.

Nyquist then had just one person to beat. Crawford bit on a mini shot fake and the Detroit winger casually deposited the puck in the gaping net to give his squad a 1-0 lead.

He wasn't the only Red Wings forward to score a sweet goal. Centre Pavel Datsyuk showed off his wrist shot with a top-shelf snipe in the third period.

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Rod PerryRod grew up in the west end of Toronto and did his undergraduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier University, majoring in English and minoring in Psychology. He's always had an infatuation with anything sports-related and took his passion to Centennial College's sports journalism program for a post-graduate education. He's also still miffed about the Kelly Gruber botched triple play call in the 1992 World Series.

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